the dough is a 64% dough that I bulk fermented for 24 hours in frig and then balled and sat out room temp for about 3.5 hours. The flour is repackaged at small Italian grocery, labeled as "tippo" 00 flour. 2% salt and .75 % idy.

Hoping to find some fresh cake yeast, although 2 groceries i tried don't carry any or try a starter, but trying to get oven temp management done first.

Oven was registering 400 C on the thermo, and IR reading was 780F floor and about 1000F on dome.

The oven is four grande muir, www.breadstoneovens.com. It was fairly easy to assemble. I have not done much with stucco/concrete/masonry before and I am very happy with how it turned out. I do have a prep table planned to the right, I have resized an old table and they are delivering a white marble top for it today.

I am not too sure about how movable it is. it is not on wheels, and would guess the weight is about 600 lbs. It doesn't budge when you push on it.

I had a fairly limited options for areas for the oven and didn't want to do a big permanent install until I knew that I was going to do this a lot and worthwhile. I figured worst case scenario I put it on craigs list. but so far I don't think that is going to happen.

That oven didn't take you much getting used to now did it.....those pie's look killer man. Why the cast iron pan on the second pizza? Love that 'lil oven...how long to bring her up to temp?Congratulations!

thanks Bob. It took about 2 hours this weekend, but I think part of that is due to my wood is still a little wet. I think that with better firing starting skills and plenty of dry wood I could get it to an hour if I had too.

No cast iron pan, just an aluminium pan that got put in dishwasher and has some streaking. I just set the pizzas on those for serving. Trying to find excuses to have people over now to use the oven!

Thanks for the pics of the oven and stand as I got the smaller 770 neo coming from Breadstone Ovens. Hopefully it will be here before the end of next week. (Antoine.. are you lurking these boards?! ;-) ) Can't say enough about the pre-sales support he has provided in helping me figure out the best setup to stay within my budget!

If you have any pictures of the actually assembly / construction of the oven, would enjoy seeing those. Especially applying the stucco.

Pies look good for you just starting to dive into this wfo thing. I hope mine look half as good! ;-)

My Neo Oven from Antoine / Breadstone Ovens arrived and I have begun assembly. I have one last layer of vermiculite to apply before the final weatherproof / masonry finish. ( pic is of just one layer of verm. applied )

My question is this, what does your outer shell consist of? Is it just the weatherproof masonry finish supplied with your oven? I was thinking of adding a little sand for texture along with the acrylic fortifier recommended on the bag. ( also will add my color at that time )

Also, did you apply any forming material ( chicken wire or ?? ), over your last coat of vermiculite before the final outer shell? My first two verm layers are combined with a masonry mix in 10:1 ratio to help form the dome, and although it is holding shape, it sure looks like if I bumped it I'd lose a chunk like an iceberg shearing off! I see where some go to a 5:1 mix and I "assume" that may prevent that.

I did chicken wire over the blankets before vermiculite. I waited a few days for vermiculite to fully dry and then just finished with stucco mix in the kit. The one bag did the entire oven. I have one crack that goes from flu shutoff to flu damper. I guess I didn't get enough insulation in there as the crack opens up when the flu heats ups. Otherwise looking good.

Get a Heavy duty outdoor patio furniture cover Lounge chair or large seat size. Nice ones are quite waterproof available in many colors cover nicely and easy on and off Little pricey but get a good one just google patio furinture cover, they are all over worth the $50 bucks for sure !!protect your Baby ! John

Get a Heavy duty outdoor patio furniture cover Lounge chair or large seat size. Nice ones are quite waterproof available in many colors cover nicely and easy on and off Little pricey but get a good one just google patio furinture cover, they are all over worth the $50 bucks for sure !!protect your Baby ! John

Half is under the overhang of the roof, but front half is un-covered. Is that a problem? I thought the stucco was pretty weather resistant...

It's weather resistant to sun and wind in Mexico. Do you live in a cold / rainy area? Adobe/stucco was never meant for that climate. Basically, it's dried mud. Wet it and it will be workable again. Build a shelter over it like a carport, or make a little house that will keep it dry.